Manuel Macron, presidente della Francia e Ursula von der Leyen, presidente della Commissione europea, sono arrivati oggi a Pechino per una visita di tre giorni a Xi Jinping, presidente della Repubblica popolare cinese. La visita è un passo fondamentale per rafforzare le relazioni UE-Cina e dare il tono per future collaborazioni. Il viaggio dei […]
Demographic factors, difficult to find employment and few skills. What the EU suggests. But unemployment is at a lower level than ever.. Today we have two conflicting data: the lowest level of unemployment but many difficulties in finding employment. Why?The situation where there is a low unemployment rate but a shortage of available workforce can […]
Agreement made between Germany and the Commission on e-fuels. Yesterday, despite a blocking minority who had threatened not to adopt the new rules, the Council of the EU adopted a regulation setting stricter CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans from 2035. The new rules aim to reduce emissions from road transport that has the […]
The EU hydrogen strategy adopted in 2020 has 5 action areas: investment support, support production and demand creation of a hydrogen market and infrastructure; research and cooperation and international cooperation. Now the Commission has set out new plans to stimulate and support investment in sustainable hydrogen production through a European Hydrogen Bank (EHB). An EU […]
On 7 December 2022, the Commission tabled two proposals to modify the current framework that applies to EU central clearing counterparties (CCPs) and… Excessive and concentrated exposures to third-country central counterparties
This note offers links to recent reports and commentaries from some major international think tanks and research institutes on the debates relating … Industrial policy, State aid and clean tech
The Commission published the transition pathway, co-created with relevant parties in the social economy sector, to help social economy entities and small local businesses become greener and more digital. Brussels, 10 January 2023 The EU Commission puts forward a set of 30 actions in 14 different areas. For instance, the transition pathway proposes actions to help social […]
The EU has decided that all Europeans of working and studying age must have a personal endowment allocated by their state in order to have permanent access to learning and training. Why? Because the EU’s ambitions in digital, health, energy and environment require specific skills that are lacking today and risk wrecking Brussels’ plans. Brussels, […]
The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need and urgency for Europe to have rapid reaction mechanisms in place to protect its citizens. The 2019 coronavirus has highlighted the discrepancies in assessments between the 27 countries, both of the threat to health and of the measures to be taken to help citizens. […]
The EU has taken a new approach to cancer screening to improve early detection across the EU. This is another important European step in the fight against cancer. In fact, many of the new recommendations are already a reality in many European countries. The aim is to extend best practices in all 27 EU countries. […]